First Black woman to join crew at the ISS
BREVARD, Fla. – The first Black woman to live and work at the International Space Station will join a SpaceX crew mission after April 2022, marking her first flight into space.
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Barbados sheds allegiance to Britain
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. Several leaders, dignitaries and artists, including Prince Charles and Rihanna, attended the ceremony that began late Monday in a popular square in the capital, Bridgetown, where the statue of a well-known British lord was removed last year amid a worldwide push to erase symbols of oppression.
New York City OKs safe sites for drug use
NEW YORK – The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health commissioner said Tuesday.
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